For the Birds
When someone says something off the wall
We say, “That’s for the birds,” but I wonder,
Do birds have an affinity for the ridiculous
This is something we might carefully ponder.
And who came up with “as the crow flies,”
As though they go the straightest distance
Between two points, and not the tiny sparrow
Which probably lollygags along, for instance.
Do birds have contests between themselves
For who can fly the highest or the faster,
For who can poop on the most automobiles
Oh my, what a freakin’ ponderable disaster!
Sometimes I think the birds get a raw deal
The subject of axioms and thoughtful verses
And when they hurl headlong into a window
I think they are victims of despicable curses.
Written May 22, 2022
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